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  • an oral history about moderating 4chan (with a stolen identity) back in the day and growing up with unrestricted internet access
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  • @Simonkipnerssoul
    @Simonkipnerssoul Рік тому +914

    Being terminally online at an early enough age to see slender man be created but not financially smart enough to know how to invest in Bitcoin is the worse feeling

    • @BillNWI
      @BillNWI Рік тому +57

      Not throwing a thousand at Bitcoin/Ethereum/Doge pre-2020 will forever be my biggest financial regret in life.

    • @naunau311
      @naunau311 Рік тому +40

      @@BillNWI Pre december 2017 is where the money was at tbh

    • @angeljaimes3543
      @angeljaimes3543 Рік тому +44

      Sounds like an easily missed opportunity in hindsight, there was frankly no way most people would believe that was a good idea back then, and only "weirdos" were shilling it back then as far as I remember it.

    • @em.1633
      @em.1633 Рік тому +30

      Investing in Bitcoin WASNT financially smart, so nobody did it. That's why the value had such an insane skyrocket from where it started.

    • @imstealing
      @imstealing Рік тому +8

      My biggest issue was how much crypto lacked security. It was a file you could steal off a hard drive. As a young techy teen, I was not comfortable risking money online by any means. Even PayPal was still a rarity for me. So investing in Bitcoin, mining and storing the coins on my windows XP laptop didn't seem smart or safe. I would have been investing the only $20 I had to my name that week if I was dumping money on crypto that wasn't even worth a penny. Hind sight is 2020. I wish I pulled out before 2022 but we live and learn.

  • @30seconds57
    @30seconds57 Рік тому +1405

    "im not gonna lie if you are unpaid moderating 4chan... something is very wrong" truer words have never been spoken

    • @Claymann71
      @Claymann71 Рік тому +14

      It was like being a Mall Cop at a Circus & Freakshow on another planet.
      Like... imagine the Barrens Crossroads from WoW but there's aliens, animals, fauna, silicon based lifeforms & robots & cyborgs & nanomachine collectives.
      & here I am, just some guy with delusions of being Robocop Darth Vader Clint Eastwood, just drinking my Martinis & posting Courage Wolf Memes.

    • @ErikNilsen1337
      @ErikNilsen1337 Рік тому +29

      _He does it for free_

    • @j.2512
      @j.2512 Рік тому +18

      they do it for FREE

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran Рік тому +3

      That made me respect him. This guy is real.
      One of my favorite interviews I've heard.

    • @VolkColopatrion
      @VolkColopatrion Рік тому +1

      Honestly it's curiosity and I like that

  • @BigGreekCock
    @BigGreekCock Рік тому +1673

    HE DOES IT FOR FREE

    • @AB0BA_69
      @AB0BA_69 Рік тому +171

      CLEAN IT UP, JANNY

    • @70MCKing
      @70MCKing Рік тому +23

      i miss pre-mod /sp/....

    • @evryatis9231
      @evryatis9231 Рік тому +46

      insert that one image of pepe walking outside of 4chan with a suit and a cigarette while an army of jannies are going towards it with mopes

    • @Magoooobly
      @Magoooobly Рік тому +4

      HAHAHAJAJAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @retardgorrilanigler522
      @retardgorrilanigler522 Рік тому +14

      o/

  • @babababoiboiboiboi
    @babababoiboiboiboi Рік тому +708

    imo its very cool that 2% of the 18-25 demographic has terminal gaming brain rot and is gonna talk about habbo raids and evangelion inbetween two doses of fentanyl to their robot nurses in 80 years

    • @msaa1125
      @msaa1125 Рік тому +152

      "poolsclosedpoolsclosedpoolsclosedpoolsclosedpoolsclosedpoolsclosedpoolsclosedpoolsclosed"
      "Yes, Mr. Chan, let's get you back to your room now."

    • @MazzyBoyo
      @MazzyBoyo Рік тому +18

      Pools closed...

    • @rockyp32
      @rockyp32 Рік тому +12

      Ok that’s funny

    • @turnthonkee
      @turnthonkee Рік тому +60

      I wish it was only 2%, it's a weird feeling to see meme/YTP culture get handled by corporate teen girl advertising now

    • @stagiestpizza
      @stagiestpizza Рік тому +14

      I still feel the temptation any time I see a "pool closed" sign...

  • @briandawkins2098
    @briandawkins2098 Рік тому +552

    >channy jannie
    >avatar is a literal robot
    Can't make this shit up

    • @donutmerchant8393
      @donutmerchant8393 Рік тому +14

      I hope your pfp isn't you irl.

    • @briandawkins2098
      @briandawkins2098 Рік тому +127

      @@donutmerchant8393 *chuckles educatedly* Sweetie, hush. I've heard it all before. Run along now.

    • @donutmerchant8393
      @donutmerchant8393 Рік тому +22

      @@briandawkins2098 please stop existing

    • @Valskyr
      @Valskyr Рік тому +59

      @@donutmerchant8393 seethe

    • @bracerkum69420
      @bracerkum69420 Рік тому +41

      @@donutmerchant8393 meds, Now.

  • @MisterCynic18
    @MisterCynic18 Рік тому +347

    Oh god, when he started describing forums like they were some archaic technology of a lost age, I've never felt older in my life...

  • @briandawkins2098
    @briandawkins2098 Рік тому +250

    "I want to moderate /b/ because I want to make a real difference" lmfao

    • @theraymunator
      @theraymunator Рік тому +19

      Every(one) newfriend's dream for /b/

    • @silverhawkroman
      @silverhawkroman Рік тому +43

      That's like a janitor saying he wants to deal with a whole landfill... several times a day, daily

    • @collinmclaren6608
      @collinmclaren6608 Рік тому +18

      I mean, you gotta admire his ambition

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 Рік тому +8

      I’m just chuckling at how many people may not realize how impossible of a thing this is.

    • @Anonymouthful
      @Anonymouthful 11 місяців тому

      "I want to keep the pigsty clean of mud and shit."

  • @zeroThreeSixHD
    @zeroThreeSixHD Рік тому +460

    This is such a fascinating series, and always blows my mind how articulate these interviews are for the most "underground" topics. Trauma, military, murder, drug use. All with this bizarre backdrop of a hilariously random avatar.

  • @gravemindpenis
    @gravemindpenis Рік тому +145

    Once you join the Vietnamese underwater basket weaving website, you may leave the Vietnamese underwater basket weaving website, but the Vietnamese underwater basket weaving board will always stick with you

    • @HeyitsGabeagain
      @HeyitsGabeagain Рік тому +1

      Explain what you mean

    • @bellfartsonme
      @bellfartsonme Рік тому +23

      Lurk more

    • @Mubvekhar
      @Mubvekhar Рік тому +23

      >you’re here forever

    • @mr.sunnyg5510
      @mr.sunnyg5510 Рік тому

      @@HeyitsGabeagain you don't know Viet basket weaving? Oof

    • @lukethekuya
      @lukethekuya Рік тому +2

      @@HeyitsGabeagain Once you join 4chan, 4chan will be with you forever.

  • @laupatual7137
    @laupatual7137 Рік тому +378

    I can't imagine being exposed to the worst sh*t possible and not being paid to do so plus also being a minor, christ.

  • @whizwart1
    @whizwart1 Рік тому +136

    Yeah, as bad/insane as some spots can be on the internet today, it was so much worse/exciting 15-25 years ago. Law enforcement didn't have a clue and ISPs just did not care, let alone people's parents knowing anything. When he mentioned Rotten, that took me way back.

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 Рік тому

      Rotten was definitely something that’s for sure , all the political stuff they got into was crazy

    • @kyarimaresuki
      @kyarimaresuki Рік тому +2

      Yeah, the *somewhat* less moderated times were interesting. I went from fun exploratory mode in mid 90s AOL chat rooms, talking about lighthearted things, downloading whatever few mermaid images there were to downloading every bad thing I could just to see the world by the early 2000s. I was a bit nervous about it, there actually was some law enforcement interest by that time. And yeah, our parents had little to no idea. Mine had barely touched the family computer until the mid 2000s.

  • @Massivecarcrash
    @Massivecarcrash Рік тому +97

    "I Herd U Liek Mudkips"
    4chan was a different place back then

    • @ububububububububub1667
      @ububububububububub1667 Рік тому +1

      yeah

    • @jadedandbitter
      @jadedandbitter Рік тому +5

      Had to get your daily dose too

    • @vergilous16
      @vergilous16 Рік тому +7

      remember the fuckin "do the dinosaur " shitposting story

    • @jadedandbitter
      @jadedandbitter Рік тому +3

      @@vergilous16 which one? There were a lot of permutations. The bathroom experiment disaster one is seared into my memory though.

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 Рік тому +4

      Oh god I spouted that meme before long ago
      Let’s not forget Caturday either, back when 4chan was wholesome and not too edgelordy

  • @babababoiboiboiboi
    @babababoiboiboiboi Рік тому +462

    this is extremely relatable. i got my first computer when i was 6 but i never had enough clout to moderate anything. completely fucked my life up. good times

    • @_hi_pwr
      @_hi_pwr Рік тому +10

      Lmao rustled

    • @Mossyoakwendigo4.6
      @Mossyoakwendigo4.6 Рік тому +5

      I remember turning 6 in 2009 and pretty much got free reign on my family’s computer, which after a few years upgraded to an hand me down iPod, then to a iPad mini. I remember learning about Minecraft and steam and being amazed about how you don’t have to play games through a browser. Good times.

    • @codyzumr4040
      @codyzumr4040 Рік тому +15

      I grew up in a third world and had access to my dads laptop but no internet
      You can imagine how creative I got playing those default Microsoft games
      Maybe I'm glad I stayed with my mildly autistic Encarta kids and purple heart games for eons
      We somehow got limited and slow shit internet through a USB stick which required you to pay per how much you use. And me and my brother spend Friday evenings playing browser games which was a reward for us behaving. I really thought those were the peak of internet back then.
      I moved to the US at 14yo and man did I scour that shit like a Conquistador in the Amazonian, discovered chan in my late teens though so I was spared a bit but my current friends not so much since they been on it since 13/14

    • @bruhmoment5974
      @bruhmoment5974 Рік тому +1

      got mine when i was 4 lol

    • @thedayzgod
      @thedayzgod Рік тому

      yeppp brains fucked now lol

  • @leslielegra2313
    @leslielegra2313 Рік тому +83

    Can't believe he did it for free...

  • @ClaytonLivsey
    @ClaytonLivsey Рік тому +685

    I need the younger folks to understand this: This man is speaking about the days when the internet was BRAND FUCKING NEW, and we were just discovering how people really were, all the things that people say if you give them complete anonymity. This right here is a piece of REAL FUCKING HISTORY. You're in for a fucking treat.

    • @wanidouse
      @wanidouse Рік тому +28

      It wasn't, though. It wasn't dominated by contemporary tech companies but dial up internet had been around for quite some time.

    • @placeholder6517
      @placeholder6517 Рік тому +26

      No he's not. Minutes to midnight came out in 2007, I was already scrolling that side of the internet before then and even then it wasn't "brand new"

    • @30seconds57
      @30seconds57 Рік тому +4

      @@placeholder6517 he didnt say that happened first though just that it was his favorite of the earlier moments

    • @darkjapan
      @darkjapan Рік тому +26

      The ARPAnet, the predecessor of the Internet, was born in November 1969, making the Internet 50 years old. Then there was BBS and IRC cultures that all existed before AOL internet. 4chan is the internet in it's forties mate. I agree it's still interesting to hear a 4chan mod speak about tidying up that hell hole though

    • @ParallaxHearts
      @ParallaxHearts Рік тому +13

      This dude made me feel old to be honest, 4chan had been around for a few years before this guy did his thing. The internet around 1998-2000 was insane and I probably shouldn't have been on it so young.

  • @uncreativename9936
    @uncreativename9936 Рік тому +39

    The most mind boggling thing is that 4chan was always just the same few people arguing over the same thing over and over, I guess I just didn't notice until later.

    • @bunnyben5607
      @bunnyben5607 8 місяців тому +5

      It's funny, /r9k/ is the board which explicitly disallows repeat posts, yet it literally never changes. You see the exact same post made over and over just rephrased in different ways.

    • @Nooticernsjsbs-qh5uf
      @Nooticernsjsbs-qh5uf 7 місяців тому +4

      dont forget about the greentext gibberish at the bottom of a post.
      R9k also has like literally 40 consistent users, even tho it's a newfag havsn they just leave it in 2 days.

    • @cwookdev
      @cwookdev 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Nooticernsjsbs-qh5ufr9k haznt existed in years

    • @christopherkelley1664
      @christopherkelley1664 2 місяці тому +1

      But is coffee good for you? ( o Y o )

  • @James_Haskin
    @James_Haskin Рік тому +294

    I was in a college ‘interpersonal communications’ class and the professor was trying to get some social credit with the students by referencing what she called a “mem”. Immediately and as autisticly as I could muster, I corrected her, “Meme. Ma’am, it’s pronounced Meme not mem.” The class erupted with laughter, giving credence to my joke. Being a communications prof. she was aware that something I had said struck a chord, but wasn’t exactly sure as to why and just cautiously said thank you and then moved on. Later that semester I refused to help her jam a wooden pencil into the mouth of a seizing classmate because “I’m pretty sure the tongue swallow thing is a myth, Ma’am.”
    She was not my biggest fan…

    • @EliGoldfish
      @EliGoldfish Рік тому +83

      I have epilepsy and I can confirm putting anything in a seizing persons mouth is a horrible, horrible idea.

    • @Ogaitnas900
      @Ogaitnas900 Рік тому +55

      It is a myth! You could even say it's a mem. She was gonna lose fingers/hurt the guy.

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman Рік тому +6

      In Norwegian we say mem instead of meem. So I honestly would not even bat an eye.

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman Рік тому +5

      @@EliGoldfish also got epilepsy, can confirm, putting stuff into anyones mouth while having a seizure is a *bad* idea.

    • @nostalgia_junkie
      @nostalgia_junkie Рік тому +3

      iirc the actual remedy is just turning their head to the side

  • @babababoiboiboiboi
    @babababoiboiboiboi Рік тому +60

    hearing someone say /mu/core gave me psychic damage

  • @JohnBowetheAssassin
    @JohnBowetheAssassin Рік тому +23

    The moment he said he volunteered to be a janitor on /b/ I knew how it was gonna end.

    • @christopherkelley1664
      @christopherkelley1664 2 місяці тому

      I'm only a few minutes in but I have a guess it ended with the party van showing up?

  • @GreatNess199X
    @GreatNess199X Рік тому +37

    "When the shit posting wears off, you realize the people you pushed away were way closer than you thought."
    It hurts bro

  • @Weiss_Hikari
    @Weiss_Hikari Рік тому +151

    A story from a jannie? Are hot pockets included?

    • @_hi_pwr
      @_hi_pwr Рік тому +20

      Yes sir, completely complementary

    • @Valskyr
      @Valskyr Рік тому +5

      @Brad Carter THEY DO IT FOR

    • @mr_indie_fan
      @mr_indie_fan Рік тому +3

      They work for hot pockets, they live for hot pockets.

    • @chelseachilande8682
      @chelseachilande8682 Рік тому

      If you used Heyuri they would be!ヽ(´∇`)ノ

    • @christopherkelley1664
      @christopherkelley1664 2 місяці тому

      @@Valskyr...the smallhats

  • @arpiedra5100
    @arpiedra5100 Рік тому +31

    This is top tier internet ethnography. Like you could teach clases at any university if you used academic lingo to "explain" what you see here.

  • @Hamdad
    @Hamdad Рік тому +17

    All these moments will be lost, like tears in the rain

  • @FolstrimHori
    @FolstrimHori Рік тому +73

    His message to the world really hits me deep, especially since I was one of those shitheads who used to think Chris-chan's abuse was hilarious. Even if I didn't participate in the harassment, I didn't see the issue with it.
    Years later, I now feel terrible for how things turned out for Chris. Even if he had issues, he deserved so much better.

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 Рік тому +11

      Chris is a terrible person either way

    • @rooknado
      @rooknado Рік тому +1

      @@jjcoola998 why ?

    • @cunt1868
      @cunt1868 Рік тому +5

      Chris would have turned out the same, maybe even worse if everyone on the internet loved and supported him.

    • @Maggot-Milk
      @Maggot-Milk Рік тому +4

      okay no, you are giving chris FAR too much leeway bro

    • @blondequijote
      @blondequijote Рік тому +2

      Yeah his life would have been. Shitshow either way but at least we found comedy in tht tragedy.

  • @janberkemeier7406
    @janberkemeier7406 Рік тому +74

    "I remember the first Chris-Chan threads..."
    Sir, you had my curiousity. Now you have my attention.

    • @Z3r0Sk83r
      @Z3r0Sk83r Рік тому +4

      Idk what you expect. It's been like 18ish years and people have just turned those threads into 30 minute videos.

    • @quincyboyce845
      @quincyboyce845 Рік тому +2

      the old days were wild and untamed beyond belief. i remember when chrischan was just the lolcow of the day, not even a more famous one

  • @NexLegacyAccount
    @NexLegacyAccount Рік тому +79

    This dude grew up on the other side of the internet, but I can 100% empathize with being raised online. My parents were neglectful in general, and I had unrestricted internet access starting at age 11. I got to see a lot of the early 4Chan raids from the distance of the geek culture forums I was on. I was on a lot of very sexual websites I definitely shouldn't have been on, as were a lot of other people around my age. Thankfully I NEVER gave personal information about myself in public spaces, and the only people I gave information to privately were people I'd built trust with over several months to years. I'm actually still in touch with a lot of the same people. Getting to watch them grow up (we're all pushing or past 30 now) has been inspiring.
    Girl I met on DeviantArt at 13 had a fascination with microbial diseases. She even had an Ebola plushie from Giant Microbes. She went to college for microbiology and now works with micro-organisms.
    Girl I used to roleplay with a lot has been working diligently on a novel.
    Admin of this little niche roleplay board I was on now works as an artist in the gaming industry.
    It makes me indescribably happy to see these "weird internet kids" I grew up with pursuing their passions. I don't think any of us would have if it weren't for the communities we found online.

    • @chelseachilande8682
      @chelseachilande8682 Рік тому +1

      Heyuri will raise the next generation!ヽ(´∇`)ノ

    • @mr.sunnyg5510
      @mr.sunnyg5510 Рік тому +1

      So you blame ya parents?

    • @Biotear
      @Biotear 7 місяців тому +1

      That's not fucking neglect, anyone who claims they didn't do shit online their parents had no clue about, ESPECIALLY back then, is a damn liar.

    • @NexLegacyAccount
      @NexLegacyAccount 7 місяців тому +2

      @Biotear I said "neglectful in general". I didn't go into detail about it because it wasn't relevant and I didn't feel like digging up the gritty details of my trauma for a UA-cam comment. Real "piss on the poor" energy there, bud.

    • @Biotear
      @Biotear 7 місяців тому +2

      @@NexLegacyAccount Look, people exaggerate that shit more than you'd want to believe. Sorry dude.

  • @FolstrimHori
    @FolstrimHori Рік тому +17

    The nostalgia is absolutely real.
    I started tearing up when he brought up Image Macros.
    I wish I could meet this man and buy him a beer.

  • @druffner
    @druffner Рік тому +28

    Wow I always assumed jannies were children but I never thought it'd be proven

    • @NonExistantNobody
      @NonExistantNobody Рік тому +15

      Theirs also some that are trans who double dip as twitch mods. Some of them even attempted to co-conspire with tupper to create false narrative and thereby a false permaban (of which failed, tupper is a cheater, I'll leave it at that for your imagination c:)
      The amount of shit I have documented on this actual garbage containers the past 4 years is insane.

    • @raskolnikov8644
      @raskolnikov8644 Рік тому +15

      @@NonExistantNobody meds

    • @Z3r0Sk83r
      @Z3r0Sk83r Рік тому +2

      @@NonExistantNobody ha ha, ok buddy.

    • @replexity
      @replexity Рік тому

      @@raskolnikov8644 sobbing

  • @RobertMaxwell1991
    @RobertMaxwell1991 Рік тому +122

    I was in highschool from 05-09 and this resonated with me. Great vid. Its weird thinking back about how it was back then. YTMND/Newgrounds/4chan/somethingawful/ebaums.... that was my online life back then. There's days I miss. Things were just simpler back then....or maybe I was just that more naive.

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman Рік тому +20

      Kinda find it amazing Newgrounds is still thriving and a decent chunk of people got exposed to it through Friday Night Funkin.

    • @nunsluna8107
      @nunsluna8107 Рік тому +3

      It’s weird being an 05 kid and gaining a new perspective on how the internet use to be, boutta graduate high school myself it’s all insane

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 Рік тому +1

      Yup I’m a year older and agree, it truly was the Wild West era of the internet in my opinion.
      I have a ton of good memories of playing newgrounds games with friends of mine, and some of them are dead now and thinking about the site is bittersweet.
      Search engine optimization combined with people mainly visiting the stuff that we called “the internet” back then through aggregation sites like Reddit or a few social media apps completely changed the landscape (combined with copyright law enforcement becoming a joke)

    • @chelseachilande8682
      @chelseachilande8682 Рік тому

      Heyuri recaptures the experience!ヽ(´∇`)ノ

    • @lemonmouth3241
      @lemonmouth3241 Рік тому

      I think things were just simpler

  • @cupotea7698
    @cupotea7698 Рік тому +10

    "Oh you know if I really want to make a difference I'll go on the random board, I'll go on /b/"
    I literally groaned out loud and said "no dude please nooooo"

  • @jack_rabbit
    @jack_rabbit Рік тому +75

    syrmor, you're doing good work man. it makes my day when you post. stay golden.

  • @colehaney8836
    @colehaney8836 Рік тому +19

    Man, this guy was on the front lines for all the weird parts of the internet. This is so cool to see.
    Also the combo of weird avatar/setting and very real interesting discussion actually made sense thematically here, which is neat

    • @chelseachilande8682
      @chelseachilande8682 Рік тому

      Try Heyuri! Maybe you'll be on the frontlines for the NEW phase of Internet weirdness!ヽ(´∇`)ノ

  • @antidiscourse4504
    @antidiscourse4504 Рік тому +18

    This was actually really validating as someone who spent a lot of time on 4chan around the same age as this guy

  • @CREEPINGIRON
    @CREEPINGIRON Рік тому +50

    This is probably one of the most important stories I've heard in a while, thanks.
    🦓💚

  • @collinmclaren6608
    @collinmclaren6608 Рік тому +8

    *"Oh, if I really wanna make a difference, I'll go on /b!"*
    Truly trial by fire right there

  • @RinoaL
    @RinoaL Рік тому +16

    This is the type of person I'd enjoy having as a friend. We both have gone through the fires of the internet.

  • @fonsisark
    @fonsisark Рік тому +41

    Wow, this is hitting on some memories.

  • @nowhereman6019
    @nowhereman6019 Рік тому +81

    The good old days.

    • @Jakezergling
      @Jakezergling Рік тому +10

      Never to be seen again

    • @e30sdontrun86
      @e30sdontrun86 Рік тому +5

      This

    • @WARDEATHFUN
      @WARDEATHFUN Рік тому +8

      Memes were less random and more consistent back then. Shame we cannot just have both really.

    • @VerilyViscous
      @VerilyViscous Рік тому +1

      I want to go back.

    • @MrLFJ7
      @MrLFJ7 Рік тому +1

      Just like the good ol days before 9/11

  • @CosmosTheMouse
    @CosmosTheMouse Рік тому +27

    Oh man, I worked a similar thing late 90's into the 2000's and yeah it's weird.
    It wasn't 4chan but a lot of 4chan came through to us.

  • @rembrandx
    @rembrandx Рік тому +176

    Really a missed opportunity to call the moderators 'Chanitors'.

    • @theraymunator
      @theraymunator Рік тому +45

      They actually just call them "jannies". Channitor sounds like some shit Reddit users would come up with, though by that I mean no offense, it sounds cool.

    • @rembrandx
      @rembrandx Рік тому +7

      @@theraymunator Yeah, I know what they're called. But a pun is way better.

    • @mcstench8913
      @mcstench8913 Рік тому +16

      @@rembrandx go back to reddit lmao

    • @rembrandx
      @rembrandx Рік тому +4

      @@mcstench8913 Sorry, never heard of that.

    • @rooknado
      @rooknado Рік тому

      @@mcstench8913 you’re on youtube u fuck you can’t tell anybody to go back anywhere

  • @Imaproshaman7
    @Imaproshaman7 Рік тому +13

    This was really interesting. It's cool to hear about the early days of the internet. It's good that he was able to realize that he wanted to be a better person. Not everyone is able to realize that.

  • @asadd2
    @asadd2 Рік тому +12

    the "taking a joke to the next level"-spiral is a very real and dangerous thing, not only on this basket weaving forum, but on social media in general. There's mentally unstable, or just very naive, people on the web and they will take some words very seriously
    I recommend sticking to the golden rule: "Treat other people as you want to be treated"

  • @SoonerKiller442
    @SoonerKiller442 Рік тому +35

    Man, this guy is talking like he was me. /b/ was a wild place and this hit me way deeper than I thought it would. Respect for the depth that he described his experience to.

  • @khamaji09
    @khamaji09 Рік тому +5

    Pool is closed 👨🏿‍💼💂🏾‍♂️💂🏾‍♂️💂🏾‍♂️💂🏾‍♂️

  • @elguapo4268
    @elguapo4268 Рік тому +26

    4chan was way more comfy before. Misc was really good too on bodybuilding forums.

    • @ichwill7536
      @ichwill7536 Рік тому +5

      The bodybuilding forums were some shit in the day hahaha

    • @elguapo4268
      @elguapo4268 Рік тому +4

      @@ichwill7536 I can't believe they killed it, it was gold

    • @theideaofevil
      @theideaofevil Рік тому +1

      Yeah it's actually wild how much it has changed since then

  • @deleteduser2291
    @deleteduser2291 Рік тому +42

    RIP the 4channel. Feds and glows took it over ;_;

  • @Bendilin
    @Bendilin Рік тому +9

    >dial-up connection in the 2000s
    I literally had no idea that dial-up was even still a thing by 2000 until I worked a call center job that offerred remote support online, a lot of my US customers were in rural or country areas where dial-up was the standard.
    Kind of frustrating when I needed to remote control their PC to manually fix things across the internet, the way my cursor would lag and display movement only once every four seconds.

  • @Skwadley
    @Skwadley Рік тому +14

    A lot of our current 20-30 year olds who spent/spend a lot of time online that I speak with all have some form of lasting damage from the things they saw as a child online. I’d be curious to see what percentage of us from a young age were desensitized to all things deplorable.

    • @citricdemon
      @citricdemon Рік тому +2

      I don't feel like i have lasting damage. Why would i

  • @Gregorz
    @Gregorz Рік тому +7

    "You're the man now, dude" exactly how I remember it

    • @supabass4003
      @supabass4003 Рік тому

      It's actually you're the man now dog.

  • @nekomata_aero
    @nekomata_aero Рік тому +4

    i have been on the internet since i was born (not an ipad kid) from such a young age i have watched the most horrendous acts play out in 240p and i can say it's only gonna get worse as times go on

  • @Nick-A1
    @Nick-A1 Рік тому +24

    Hey Syrmor, hope you're doing well, I can imagine you've probably heard some unfortunate things in some of these interviews with people. I just hope you're taking care, and we appreciate all that you do.

  • @scarletjester7831
    @scarletjester7831 Рік тому +42

    This guy explaining 4chan and all the stuff related to the site, it's hilarious and simultaneously sad that most of it happened because they were jokes that snowballed. It wasn't anything planned out or had any real organization to it, it was all just assholes on the internet trying to one-up other assholes and that's it

    • @jadedandbitter
      @jadedandbitter Рік тому +9

      /b/ was the closest thing we've ever had to pure chaos

    • @chelseachilande8682
      @chelseachilande8682 Рік тому

      @@jadedandbitter And Heyuri is the next frontier.( ´ω`)

  • @jailcatjones3250
    @jailcatjones3250 Рік тому +6

    I learned how to use computers with the ones with floppy discs, the next year the school upgraded to those see through Mac's and we had to relearn everything.

  • @jackmak2980
    @jackmak2980 Рік тому +11

    Back then you could chat to people in mmos and make good friends but now days everyone just grinds and is super serious or are in closed discord groups.

  • @shotgunner777
    @shotgunner777 Рік тому +6

    Yeah, I've seen a lot of what this guy is describing. It's all so beautifully bizarre when a guy is able to just rattle off all these absurd stories about such an infamous website.

  • @Shawaeon
    @Shawaeon Рік тому +31

    Yeah I saw Terminator 2 when I was 8 or so. The milk carton scene definitely gave me some nightmares. I grew up with Rotten and have seem some fucked up shit on 4chan. I don't care about gore but cartel torture videos still horrify me. I hate it when someone is in pain. A corpse no matter how badly mangled does nothing to me.

    • @ParallaxHearts
      @ParallaxHearts Рік тому

      The throat noise. If you know, you know

    • @chadking8767
      @chadking8767 Рік тому

      @@ParallaxHearts the one with the chainsaw and pocket knife yeh?

    • @mr.sunnyg5510
      @mr.sunnyg5510 Рік тому

      @@chadking8767 nah, more like cartels feeding there dogs (Mexican style)

    • @user-uo8ny1kj4c
      @user-uo8ny1kj4c 8 місяців тому

      Gore doesn't really affect me either, but the animal abuse and CP is always engrained in my mind.

  • @ReiDosSnipers
    @ReiDosSnipers Рік тому +14

    if anyones wondering they do it for free

  • @olezaku3469
    @olezaku3469 Рік тому +138

    Wild remembering all this stuff. I miss that particular era of 4chan quite a bit. It was pure chaotic energy but with a real "fuck the man, you can't tell us what to do or believe or say" energy that occasionally produce some Chaotic Good moments. I won't say it was good (/b/ was never good), but it sure was a crazy moment in time. The internet was like the Wild West in a way it just isn't anymore. To me, image boards are the peak of social media and everything after that, except maybe tumblr, was a mistake.

    • @awsheit
      @awsheit Рік тому +13

      Yeah Tumblr totally wasn't a fucking mistake 🙄

    • @janberkemeier7406
      @janberkemeier7406 Рік тому +30

      @@awsheit Without tumblr, there never would've been the independence day counter-raid of 2014, which was perhaps the last truly hilarious thing to come out of 4Chan

    • @olezaku3469
      @olezaku3469 Рік тому +21

      @@awsheit Pre-porn ban tumblr was incredible. Like there was an era where you could edit other people's posts. Shitposting there was a trip. Still is tbh, though the crowd is smaller nowadays.

    • @ratking413
      @ratking413 Рік тому +12

      Yeah, Tumblr is honestly still just as good as it used to be. All that's really changed is the banning of porn and the userbase. In my opinion, it has the absolute most intuitive design of all popular social medias, and I really appreciate the blog style of the website. Its also one of the last big places where you can say whatever the fuck you want with little real life repercussions, unless you're not that anonymous. I hope it doesn't change.

    • @jadedandbitter
      @jadedandbitter Рік тому +3

      Consequences will never be the same

  • @ofoosy
    @ofoosy Рік тому +9

    The late 2000's were the best times to be on the internet. Despite the dilution of users. I'll never forget it. And I've followed the schisims to every corner.
    Just remember your here forever, puddi puddi desu.

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 Рік тому +4

      See you next Caturday

    • @chelseachilande8682
      @chelseachilande8682 Рік тому

      No! The 2000s prior to 2008 was mediocre, 2008-2012 was complete crap and sucked ass, and since the end of 2012 we've been living in the "teh Mayans were right" timeline

    • @chelseachilande8682
      @chelseachilande8682 Рік тому

      But! If you use Heyuri, everything you enjoyed about that era can be recaptured!

  • @Ogaitnas900
    @Ogaitnas900 Рік тому +21

    I share a bunch of landmarks and experiences with this guy, it felt good to hear :D

  • @JuntoAsnani
    @JuntoAsnani Рік тому +6

    I get that, "I was there," feeling for sure.
    I got to catch most of Ben Drowned as it happened.

  • @ZeranZeran
    @ZeranZeran Рік тому +13

    This is so weirdly relieving as someone that grew up on 4chan, not realizing the gravity of what I was seeing. I was a very young teen seeing things way beyond my understanding, and scrolling past it and getting bored of it. Not healthy. Pay attention to what your kids do, and be there for them! The root of my issue was being alone, and though it was my own choice.. I do wish my folks had pushed me to get out more, or at least interact and do different things than what I was every day. I learned a lot, most of it is useless and forgotten though. I'm very grateful to the people I've met, and my best friend in real life, someone I see often in person now, is someone I would've never met without the internet. I don't regret it.
    But if I had a son, or daughter? I would not let him / her be on there all day. Not always healthy. Not always productive. Not always learning good. Pay attention to your kids, and to yourself.

  • @hunterarmstrong2886
    @hunterarmstrong2886 Рік тому +16

    Yeah... 4Chan moderation needs to be a paid job... Someone has to pay for the therapy visits.

    • @misere390
      @misere390 Рік тому +3

      You're right, i think we should double, no triple their salary!

  • @Jasperr2016
    @Jasperr2016 Рік тому +3

    the drone avatar fits so well, many layers to that

  • @Onemanshowoff
    @Onemanshowoff Рік тому +26

    I remembered when I used to be terrified of mentioning 4chan because what if I got doxxed by them?
    The older I got the more I realized how chaotic and brainless but sometimes insightful the site can be.
    Now I lurk on the site for some niche trivia, reaction images, memes, and porn that I can't find anywhere else.

    • @Amfortas
      @Amfortas Рік тому +19

      "and porn that I can't find anywhere else."
      🤔

    • @sheogorath2657
      @sheogorath2657 Рік тому +1

      @@Amfortas renaissance doomer

    • @24framedavinci13
      @24framedavinci13 Рік тому

      @@Amfortas that's what I had come to ask 😂😂😂😂

    • @Onemanshowoff
      @Onemanshowoff Рік тому +2

      @@Amfortas You heard me

  • @baylego
    @baylego Рік тому +12

    Maybe he did it for free, but it sure as hell were easier days

  • @samharradence5689
    @samharradence5689 Рік тому +7

    CLEAN IT UP JANNY

  • @CHEERS_FEEL
    @CHEERS_FEEL Рік тому +50

    LOL THIS GUY IS THE PIZZA BITCOIN GUY. This man will forever be enshrined in the halls of history.

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 Рік тому +4

      There’s more than one lol

  • @ObsidianFallen
    @ObsidianFallen 5 місяців тому +1

    21:00 That feeling when you realize you've been putting your soul to the grind stone for too long.

  • @ChryI
    @ChryI Рік тому +29

    He did it for free.

  • @DesertNinjaX
    @DesertNinjaX Рік тому +5

    This episode. too many feels this early in the morning. I wish everyone who had internet access had to watch this first before entering.

  • @Zajcooo
    @Zajcooo Рік тому +6

    I think I'm gonna use this video to explain what my childhood was like whenever someone asks.

  • @ariffaiz313
    @ariffaiz313 Рік тому +2

    This guy lived the life of early days of the internet, and lives well enough to tell these stories from his current state of person. I'm glad I watched this

  • @alexl9334
    @alexl9334 Рік тому +5

    Ive been on 4chin for eons... its true once you go in you can NEVER leave.

  • @CanadianBear47
    @CanadianBear47 Рік тому

    Thank u for doing b that is my fav board and sometimes its brutal glad u guys r out there helping our eyes

  • @judgementkazzy3422
    @judgementkazzy3422 9 місяців тому +1

    26:40 Jesus Christ, hearing that out loud articulated in a way that perfect describes how that feels is like a punch to the gut

  • @ILLREVIEWANYTHING
    @ILLREVIEWANYTHING Рік тому +6

    I feel like I should show this to my dad so that he can know what kind of shit I was up to on that computer he gave me at 11 years old in 2002.

  • @KevinoftheCosmos
    @KevinoftheCosmos Рік тому +7

    My mom and sister called them 'Mee Mee's' the first time I heard normies use 'meme' conversationally. I cringed so hard I almost keeled over on the couch. I'm 36 so I was online during dial-up days too. So relatable.

  • @__-tt2ot
    @__-tt2ot Рік тому +4

    We ought to double-no, TRIPLE the jannys' paycheck.

  • @Spooner88
    @Spooner88 Рік тому +10

    You’re the man now dude

  • @nekokna
    @nekokna Рік тому +8

    This is really cool! Historically relevant even,all the stuff he spoke about early internet i mean,from the inside

  • @Terabit3
    @Terabit3 Рік тому +10

    I can definitely relate to the part about being desensitized to gore. Back when I was in high school, we were still in the thick of it in Afghanistan and I wanted to join the Army after I graduated to continue my family's military tradition. Me, in my infinite wisdom, thought that if I desensitized myself to gore and violence that I would be able to come back from the sandbox at least a little more "normal" than others. I'm still desensitized to it years later and I was rejected due to medical conditions out of my control

  • @whajtohdlsdkfn
    @whajtohdlsdkfn Рік тому

    This content is so good. Love this channel

  • @FolstrimHori
    @FolstrimHori Рік тому +6

    I miss when Touhou memes were mainstream on the entire site.

  • @TakashiAmanoOriginal
    @TakashiAmanoOriginal Рік тому +1

    New grounds in the early 2000s was a very special place in time only a few in context will ever understand

  • @laggingdragons
    @laggingdragons Рік тому +22

    As someone who was on ED since 12ish and used 8chan from the age of 15 to 18, then switched to 4chan and continues to use it regularly, I can relate to a lot of what this dude is saying. Anonymity is like a drug, and it can disintegrate your ego like nothing else.

    • @chelseachilande8682
      @chelseachilande8682 Рік тому

      Why not dose up on Heyuri next? It's a very chill sort of high.( ´ω`)

    • @laggingdragons
      @laggingdragons Рік тому +1

      @@bobduckington68 I started using 4chan's /v/, /tg/, and /vp/ around two months before GamerGate kicked off and left with the exodus.

    • @laggingdragons
      @laggingdragons Рік тому

      @@bobduckington68 mostly /out/ and /ck/, I do a lotta camping, gardening, fishing, and cooking.

  • @mrchiefbs
    @mrchiefbs Рік тому +1

    Thank you for your service

  • @Bendilin
    @Bendilin Рік тому +7

    "I used to use You're The Man Now, Dude."
    DUDE???? It's infamously dog, not dude

  • @Kirovslaya
    @Kirovslaya Рік тому +2

    Having 4chan in the title shadowbanned this video but it’s good to hear from a frontline warrior against the degeneracy

  • @pinklemonadez9079
    @pinklemonadez9079 Рік тому +8

    I think this made me realize "Oh. I don't WANT to know what's going on in the back of absolutely everybody's mind."

  • @tyrant6440
    @tyrant6440 Рік тому +59

    Say what you will about 4chan but it gave everyone a voice. For better or for worse. Thats something that still makes it intresting especially as years have gone on. Plus once you use 4chan you are there forever. I still dont have much respect for this jannie or any others though.

    • @qaiser648
      @qaiser648 Рік тому +1

      its kinda boring

    • @tyrant6440
      @tyrant6440 Рік тому +13

      @@qaiser648 Boring now? yeah kinda but it wasnt always. Now though the sites a bit too overly moderated and some of the boards have lost their individual identity.

    • @icyjiub2228
      @icyjiub2228 Рік тому +9

      Not really. I was there for 10 years and you realize that everyone cool just left the site. Now its just a bunch of boomers on /pol/.

    • @ichwill7536
      @ichwill7536 Рік тому +9

      @@icyjiub2228 lool "been there for 10 years. Just a bunch of boomers now" sic self awarness

    • @druffner
      @druffner Рік тому +3

      @@icyjiub2228 on /mu/ we have Hispanics to make fun of

  • @C2k785
    @C2k785 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for giving us a lengthy upload 👌

  • @Plaidear
    @Plaidear Рік тому +2

    "They start drinking the coolaid" is referenced alot in this channel

  • @CJFreeza
    @CJFreeza Рік тому +1

    Your life experiences mirror mine very much. Best upbringing evar!!!

  • @Halfrightfox
    @Halfrightfox Рік тому

    I really enjoyed this ramble

  • @HorsesArePeople2
    @HorsesArePeople2 Рік тому +4

    He sounds exactly like how you'd think a janny would sound

  • @shanelburr3302
    @shanelburr3302 Рік тому +1

    as a former VT student it’s hilarious to see one of our off-campus housing as a VR set up. Great video by the way!!

  • @merucrypoison296
    @merucrypoison296 10 місяців тому +8

    Where is the transgender flag in the background?

  • @channingbloom7125
    @channingbloom7125 Рік тому +6

    Loving it

  • @linusandersen3587
    @linusandersen3587 Рік тому +2

    i never knew that about My Little Pony, but i makes a weird amount of sense